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    “GOING DOOLALLY!” — Memories of an Idyllic Childhood Vacation

    16 November 2025

    Saeed Ibrahim — Excerpt: The smell of fodder and hay wafted through the air as the train puffed into the quaint little Deolali Railway Station.

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    Drawing Back the Curtain: Russia 1991 & Eastern Europe 1992 (Part 2 – Leningrad)

    16 November 2025

    Michael Smith — Excerpt: From time to time during this overnight journey we passed through areas of very bright lights shining deliberately on the train. I had been warned about this before we left for Russia.

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    Drawing Back the Curtain: Russia 1991 & Eastern Europe 1992 (Part 1 – Moscow)

    12 October 2025

    Michael Smith — Excerpt: Following the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989, visiting former Eastern Bloc countries became possible, and increasingly attractive.

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  • Travelogue - Weekly Features

    Secrets of Mountains

    28 September 2025

    Rakhima Imanaly — Excerpt: Mountains are like people, they show their secrets only once. We are to be aware of it at a given time, otherwise, we lose this chance forever.

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    Keeping our Heads at the Feast of Saint John

    28 September 2025

    John Haymaker — Excerpt: Showing it to my partner, we smiled at the possibilities. I banged the hammer a few more times and found it effective for relieving tension.

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Winter Weeklies

Edition 1, November 16: Saeed Ibrahim reminisces a trip to an Indian cantonment hill town in the early 60s, and Michael Smith’s early-90s Eastern Bloc adventures find him in Leningrad.

“GOING DOOLALLY!” — Memories of an Idyllic Childhood Vacation by Saeed Ibrahim

Drawing Back the Curtain: Russia 1991 & Eastern Europe 1992 (Part 2 – Leningrad) by Michael Smith

Edition 2, November 23: Sabyasachi Roy plumbs the depths of antagonists’ hearts, and Kathleen Fullerton finds humanity in the unlikeliest of places.

Unlikable Characters: Understanding the Appeal and Building Empathy by Sabyasachi Roy

Gratitude Found Inside the Fence by Kathleen Fullerton

Edition 3, November 30: Catherine Rossi commits unsung human acts like a beloved sitcom character, and Mike Nagel ponders the conjunction of humans and animals, trying to save the latter in the process.

Franklin is the Big Salad by Catherine Rossi

Man Vs. Wild by Mike Nagel

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Murals, guest-edited by François Bereaud

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Mike Nagel, Humour/Culture, Nov 30
Catherine Rossi, Humour/Culture, Nov 30

Sarah Das Gupta, Travel/Culture/Humour, Dec 7
MJ Huntsgood, Craft/Culture, Dec 7

Panchami, Culture/Literature/Society, Dec 14
Michael Smith, Culture/Travel/ Photo Essay, Dec 14

Devin James Leonard, Humour, Dec 21
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Sayan Sarkar, Travelogue, Dec 28
Michael Smith, Culture/Travel/ Photo Essay, Dec 28

Rohit Karir, Humour, Jan 4
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Jeremy Turner, Travelogue, Jan 11
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